The EU vs. Poland (and Others)

The Polish government has a point when it complains that the EU in trying to force Poland to allow an Italian takeover of a Polish bank is attacking protectionist practices common elsewhere.

Yet the EU is escalating as well it should, not only in Poland but also against the Spanish and the French who are standing in the way of outside acquisitions of their leading energy companies. The EU has exclusive antitrust powers in cross-border...